Alert! Omnibus Law Protests, Workers will Strike a National 3-Day Strike

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) claims that millions of workers are ready to go on a national strike as a form of rejection of the omnibus law on the Job Creation Bill. It is planned that it will be carried out for three consecutive days, starting on October 6, 2020 and ending at the plenary session discussing the Job Creation Bill on October 8, 2020.

“In the national strike, we will stop the production process. In which workers will leave the production site and gather at the location determined by each trade union at the company level,” said the President of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) Said Iqbal in a statement. official, Monday (28/9).

This national strike by stopping production will be followed by approximately 5 million workers in thousands of companies in 25 provinces and 300 districts / cities. Involves several industrial sectors such as chemical, energy, mining, textile, garment, shoes, automotive and components, electronics and components, iron and steel industry, pharmaceutical and health, printing and publishing, tourism industry, cement industry, telecommunications, transportation workers, workers ports, logistics, banking, and others.

The national strike was carried out because dozens of leaders from the Confederation and the Federation of Trade Unions had agreed to this. Apart from the KSPI, there is also the KSPSI AGN, as well as representatives of 32 trade union federations.

Among them are several federations that are members of the KSPSI led by Yorrys such as SP LEM. This includes trade union alliances such as GEKANAS (National Welfare Movement), which has 17 members.

“The constitutional basis for this national strike is to use two laws, namely Law No. 9 of 1998 on Freedom to Express Opinions in Public (Demonstrations) and Law No. 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. Workers will of course follow the procedures of the two laws. the law, “he continued.

This national strike was carried out as a form of protest by Indonesian workers against the deliberation of the Job Creation Bill which was considered more beneficial to employers. For example, the free use of contract labor and outsourcing in all types of work and without time limits, eliminating UMSK, and reducing the value of severance pay.

“From the beginning we asked that the minimum protection of workers in Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower should not be reduced. But the fact is that the omnibus law reduces labor rights that exist in the existing law,” Said Iqbal.

As a national pre-strike, Indonesian workers also plan to hold daily demonstrations, the implementation of which is planned to start from September 29 to October 8, 2020. In addition, along with other elements, workers will also carry out simultaneous national actions throughout Indonesia which are planned for this date. October 1 and October 8.

In the capital city, the targets of labor action are the State Palace, the Office of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, the Office of the Minister of Manpower, and the Indonesian Parliament. Meanwhile in the regions, the action will be centered at the Governor’s office or the local DPRD.

“When the actions we carry out are not responded to, the climax is that we will carry out a national strike which will be carried out simultaneously throughout Indonesia as we have explained above,” he said.

Simultaneously, during the plenary session to ratify the Work Creation Bill on October 8, 2020, apart from a national strike stopping the production process at the factory level, tens of thousands of workers throughout Java will also hold demonstrations at the DPR RI Building during the plenary session.

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